The pair had already had a run-in earlier in the week when Harriet's opinion over Faith's bogus psychic night at The Woolpack rattled Cain, prompting him to share some harsh words with her over religion.

Iain previously confirmed that upcoming storylines will pair up some very unlikely characters, saying the people in question are like "chalk and cheese".

"Chalk and cheese doesn't even cover it," he said. "If you thought about the most yin and yang characters in the village, it would be them. It's unbelievably sexy and dangerous and insane – I love it.

"The early phases of that are just coming into the scripts now, so I'm only really just dipping my toe into the water with that at the moment. When it was first suggested, it was the sort of thing that makes you go, 'Really?!' And then you kind of go, 'Yeah, I'm weirdly turned on by that!'

"Honestly, pick the two characters who are least likely to end up in bed together. That kicks off around April time – but this spring and summer, there will be a lot of romance and love in Emmerdale."

Emmerdale airs weeknights at 7pm on ITV, with an extra episode at 8pm on Thursdays.